"Your Home, Your Health, Your Care."


We provide compassionate, one-on-one care for individuals who need assistance with daily activities while remaining comfortably in their own homes. Our dedicated Direct Care Workers are trained, dependable, and committed to providing high-quality support tailored to each person’s needs. Many of our valued members are elders who have a lifetime of knowledge, experience, and wisdom to share. By caring for and learning from them, we strengthen our entire community. We encourage our staff and community members to spend time with our elders, listen to their stories, and appreciate the many ways their guidance enriches our lives.

The Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS, pronounced ALL-Tecs) is health insurance for people with age-related, physical, or intellectual/developmental disabilities who need nursing-facility-level care. Care can be given in a facility, at home, or in the community.

    • The individual who will be receiving services must be home bound or normally unable to leave his or her home unassisted. Also, needing assistance with daily living such as light housekeeping, bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparations and medication reminders.

    • Be a US Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident

    • Primarily Reside in Arizona (Temporary Absence is Permitted)

    • Be Financially Eligible

      • $2,000 Counted Asset Limit (Single)

      • $2,982 Monthly Income Limit (effective 01/01/2026)

      • Married Rules May Allow for More Assets and Spousal Income

      • SSI recipients are automatically financially eligible

    • Be Medically Eligible

      • You Must Need a “Nursing Home Level of Care”

      • Or Be an Eligible Developmentally Disabled Child

    • Have an Appropriate Living Arrangement

      • You Cannot be Approved While in the Hospital

      • You Cannot be Approved While in a Non-Certified Facility

      • You Can Reside in an ALTCS Certified / Registered Facility, such as:

        • a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF or "Nursing Home")

        • an Assisted Living Home or Center (Including Memory Care)

        • an Adult Care Home (Group Home)

        • a Behavioral Health Home

      • You Can Also Live in Your Own Home

      • You Cannot Be an Inmate of a Penal Institution

    • You Must Have a Valid Social Security Number

    • You Must Submit a Valid ALTCS Application

    • You Must Provide all Requested Verification Documents Within Ten Days

      • ​Financial Account Statements

      • Written Explanations for All Transactions

      • Life Insurance Statements

      • Marriage and Birth Certificates

      • Pay Stubs or Income Statements

      • Health Insurance Cards

      • Utility, Mortgage & Unreimbursed Med Expense Statements

      • Home and Motor Vehicle Documents

      • Anything Else ALTCS May Request

    • You May Be Required to Apply for VA Pension Benefits

      • If You Are a Wartime Veteran

      • or the Surviving Spouse of a Wartime Veteran

  • 1. Find out if you are eligible through ALTCS

    See How to Register an Application for Arizona Long Term Care System in Health-e-Arizona Plus or Fill out an Application.

    2. Once approved, choose your homecare provider with ALTCS

    Keep “Association of Indigenous Pioneers Inc (AIPI)” in mind when choosing a reliable and dependable home care agency

    3. Begin your Home Care career with AIPI

  • You may register an ALTCS application online in Health-e-Arizona Plus by creating an HEAplus account. Both a financial and medical interview will be completed after the application is registered.

    A completed ALTCS Application may also be returned by:

    • Phone: (888) 621-6880 - option 5

    • Online: Health-e-Arizona Plus

    • Fax (toll-free): 888-507-3313

    • E-mail: altcsregistration@azahcccs.gov

    • Mail: AHCCCS - P.O. Box 6050 MD 15023 ALTCS, Phoenix AZ 85002-5520

We want to be your Home Care provider of choice

When home care is needed, the choice is always yours. Our decisions are guided by the well-being, dignity, and individual needs of our members. We provide compassionate, personalized care as we would for our own family, reflecting the values of respect, kindness, and connection that guide us. Our goal is to earn your trust and be recognized as the best home care provider in your community.

 

So choose AIPI as your home care agency.

You'll be glad you did and that's our promise! 

 

If you have questions about our Home Care Services, call 928-421-5201.